A guide to solving the biggest problems the human race has ever known:

Step 1: Be an engineer.
Step 2: Think big. Step 3: Think small.

Step 4: Repeat.

A Zimbabwean beggar poses with wads of Z$200,000 notes in the capital, Harare, where on the black market Z$200,000 is worth one US cent.
taken from BBC News website 28 / 2 / 8

An email received from Virgin Atlantics frequent flyer miles club announcing a special offer of 10% off of a US$200,000 space flight
taken from my inbox 28 / 2 / 8

Creating a world where everyone has the opportunity to lead safe, fulfilling, creative and rewarding lives Rough Guide to a Better World

Sustainable human development entails additional qualification that benefits for current generations do not diminish those available to future generations Alex Cobham, Christian Aid.

Technology isnt the point

We are stuck with technology when what we really want is stuff that works - Douglas Adams, Salmon of Doubt The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it Mark Weiser

[Not to scale]

 Three hospitals to treat several hundred people per day Fuel-less power station for emergency electrical power to shore areas Three feeding centres with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day Equipment to produce several thousand gallons of fresh water by desalination of sea water every day Establishment of a temporary airbase with six heavy-lift helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured Thousands of highly trained professionals on standby All of the above delivered and deployed rapidly

The future isnt what it used to be

Big challenges

Make peoplesized for multiple actions

Intermediate Technologies

Make peoplerelevant to scale up small interventio ns

Small interventions

Engineers Without Borders UK

History, Values and Achievements

The Problem
1,000,000,000 people lack access to safe drinking water 820,000,000 people are under-nourished, 1.1billion are over-fed 29,000 children die every day from povertyrelated causes 3 billion people have never placed a phone call Fewer than 1 engineer per 100,000 in Africa c.f.: up to 500 in Europe 99.4% of the urban population of Ethiopia lives in slums

Our Vision
A world where access to technology or infrastructure is not a barrier to poverty alleviation

Our Mission
To Facilitate Human Development Through Engineering

History
Engineers Without Borders groups have existed in several different countries for many years: France 1970s Spain 1980s Canada 2000 USA - 2001 All similar, but with different strategies and structures.

Why?
Engineering is the key to health, dignity and livelihoods.
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EWB-UK seeks to increase the capacity and quality of international development engineering.

Students want to get stuck in

They want to use the skills and time they have. EWB-UK was established to provide opportunities and use and channel the skills and enthusiasm.

Founding Principles
EWB-UK is careful and responsible
EWB-UK is not operational EWB-UK does not use students beyond their capabilities, and supports all its work with professionals

EWB-UK is as professional as any organisation not run by students

EWB-UK is student-led EWB-UK is fun and inspirational EWB-UK does it is not a talking shop

EWB-UK keeps asking questions of itself

Education Outreach Training

Bursaries

Research

Placements

Placements
145 volunteers placed with 30 NGOs in 16 countries This year: 43 volunteers (of which Barclays Capital supports 13) placed with 22 NGOs in 16 countries

Research

59 final year research projects completed with NGOs in 17 countries PhD starting in October Rapid Research Response scheme

Bursaries
25 bursaries awards (150 to 900) Of which 7 projects funded by Barclays Capital Bursaries for projects, research and learning

Training
80+ training courses reaching 3,700+ students Talks, workshops, hands-on courses & a festival! Collaborations with Oxfam, RedR, Red Cross, Practical Action, Carbon Aided and more

Networks
31 University Society branches Professional Network

As at January 2008
2500 students and 420 professionals Over 150 volunteers 55:45 male to female ratio

Cumulative Programme Growth

BY 2012..
1000 900

SO FAR..

Bursaries Research Placements

800

We aim to have supported over 950 participants

700

Number of participants

600

500

400

212 of the best engineering students in the UK have taken part in EWB-UK organised field development work

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Barclays Capital Support

Bursaries Programme Placements Programme

Events to promote work

 Finn Box: Solar Distillation of Water - Spain - 200 Katrice King: Waste Management & Sanitation for Slums - India - 300 Luca Di-Mario & Anne-Claire Letournel: Sanitation for low-income peri-urban and rural communities - Nepal - 300 Sarah Button & team: Tanzania Rainwater Harvesting Project - Tanzania - 700 Thomas Wilson: Human Waste Disposal: Biogas - India - 200 Will Hirsh Kigezi Diocese Water and Sanitation Programme - Uganda - 200 Professional Network Project: Waste Management and Sanitation for Slums Feasibility assessment in KwaZulu Natal - South Africa - 300

Started in July: AIDECO Morocco, 3 months Gemima Walker & Stacey Clifford ARTI India, 3 months Jack Lewis & Jonathan Riley

PRODECI Ecuador, 6 months Daniel Gallagher & Mariam Niknejad

REDES El Salvador, 3 months Stephanie M Powell & Jamie Radford

Starting TODAY: Global Village Energy Partnership Kenya, 6 months Chris Cleaver LIRE Lao PDR, 6 months Simon Howard PiD South Africa, 6 months Jo Read UWCM Uganda, 6 months Stephanie K Powell

Starting soon:

Centre for Science and the Environment India, 3 months TBC

PRODECI 2008
2 volunteers
Ian Baggs, Civil Engineer Maite Valdes, Mechanical Engineer

6 months

Northern Ecuador

Spring Capture

Sedimentation tank
Chlorinator

Reservoir tank Distribution Network

Meters